Table 3.
Comparison of plasma protein levels between healthy controls and patients with recurrent aphthous stomatitis at different clinical stages
|
Group/comparison |
IL17A (pg/ml) |
MMP1 (pg/ml) |
IL2RA (pg/ml) |
|
Healthy controls |
75.8 (57.9,93.5) |
169.4 (145.2, 195.6) |
486 (426, 581) |
|
Active RAS |
230.0 (156.2, 273.2) |
235.2 (101.2, 302.0) |
906 (640, 1150) |
|
Healing RAS |
106.6 (85.1, 129.5) |
134.5 (107.0, 153.5) |
512 (424, 650) |
|
FC (active vs control) |
2.36 |
1.27 |
1.79 |
|
FC (healing vs control) |
1.22 |
0.77 |
1.10 |
|
p (control vs active) |
< 0.001 *** |
0.483 |
< 0.001 *** |
|
p (control vs healing) |
0.026 * |
0.003 ** |
0.665 |
|
p (active vs healing) |
< 0.001 *** |
0.010 ** |
< 0.001 *** |